Interrogatory of the negro slave names Sans Souci, belonging to Sieur Pradel St. Lange, about 30 years of age, of the Bambara nation, and that he had never been baptized. Questions about his runaway companion, said his name was Pierrot, and he met...

Prosecution and examination of runaway slave named Pierrot of Biefada Nation who said he was about 30 years of age and baptized. Charged with marooning. Answered he ran away because he was put in irons and wrongly accused of stealing. That he and...

Caption by Maude Reid: "Friends ready with blanket, bathrobe or sheet to cover the wet sister when she comes shouting out of the water. These women have to be forcibly restrained at times as they endeavor to show their audience that the Holy Ghost...

Caption by Maude Reid: "Just before the dip. The little preacher is at the extreme right, near the stake. The two big assistants, at his left, are there to help him get the shouting sister back to shore, when 'religion' comes to her."

Caption by Maude Reid: "Some of the onlookers - white and colored - The white spectators profess to be amused by these scenes, but there was a time in our town - not so long ago - when the white population of the Baptist persuasion did very much...